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Chain-Reaction Crash Proves Fatal

August 10, 2015Colson Hicks Eidson

Just north of Miami, a truck carrying concrete barriers pulled out of a construction zone and merged onto Interstate 75. After joining traffic the truck was hit by a Mitsubishi car that got lodged under the rig and dragged almost a quarter of a mile down the road. While still in motion, another car, a white BMW, hit the trailer of the big truck and concrete barriers toppled on top of it. Before the scene could settle, another truck ran into the crippled 18-wheeler, and finally brought this chain-reaction crash to an end.

The driver of the Mitsubishi, an aspiring doctor who just passed the United States Medical Licensing Exam, did not survive the crash, and his passenger was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the BMW, a 17-year-old who had just graduated from American Heritage High School in Plantation, also passed when the concrete barriers fell onto her vehicle. Both truck drivers walked away from the crash with no serious injuries and are currently facing no charges, but police are investigating to see if the concrete barriers were properly secured before the hauler left the construction site.

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